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oscommoN couNty couNcil Biodiversity puBlicatioNs Publications can be downloaded from the ‘heritage’ section of www.roscommoncoco.ie and are available FREE in hard copy from the Roscommon County Council Customer Service Desk. Publications include: n Biodiversity in County Roscommon - Roscommon Heritage Poster Series n Wildflowers of County Roscommon – Roscommon Heritage Poster Series n Bogs of County Roscommon - Roscommon Heritage Poster Series n Turloughs of County Roscommon - Roscommon Heritage Poster Series n County Roscommon’s Graveyards n County Roscommon Hedgerow Survey Report n County Roscommon’s Hedges n Hedgerow Translocation - Documenting the Successful Translocation of a Mature Hedgerow n Heritage in Roscommon – Where to Go? What to See? n Landscaping your House in County Roscommon with Native Trees and Shrubs n Loughnaneane Park Roscommon - Primary Schools Education Pack n Habitat Mapping in County Roscommon further readiNG Asher, J., Warren, M., Fox, R., Harding, P., Jeffcoate, G., and Jeffcoate, S. (2001). The Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. Blamey, M., Fritter, R., and Fritter, A. (2003). Wild flowers of Britain and Ireland. A & C Black. Cabot, D. (1999). Ireland, A Natural History. Harper Collins Publishers. Carey, M., Hamilton, G., Poole, A. and Lawton, C. 2007. The Irish squirrel survey 2007. COFORD, Dublin. County Roscommon Heritage Plan 2012-2016, Roscommon County Council Curtis, T.G.F. and McGough, H.N (1988). The Irish Red Data Book 1 Vascular Plants, Wildlife Service Ireland, The Stationery Office Roscommon County Development Plan 2008-2014. Roscommon County Council. Foulkes, N. and Murray, A. (2005). Roscommon Hedgerow Survey Report. Roscommon County Council Nelson, B. and Thompson, R. (2004). The natural history of Ireland’s dragonflies. The National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland. Ireland’s 2nd Biodiversity Action Plan (2011 - 2016). Government Publications Office Viney, Michael (2003). Ireland. A Smithsonian Natural History. Smithsonian Books 44 Tufted duck. Photo by John Earley
useful WeBsites www.batconservationireland.org www.birdwatchireland.ie www.botanicgardens.ie www.bsbi.org.uk www.fisheriesireland.ie www.coford.ie www.coillte.ie www.epa.ie www.heritagecouncil.ie www.ipcc.ie www.mothsireland.com www.biodiversityireland.ie www.npws.ie www.roscommoncoco.ie www.teagasc.ie Orange-tip butterfly. Photo by John Earley Grasshopper. Photo by John Earley 45
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Page 29 and 30: Buttercup Meadow. Photo by John Ear
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Page 37 and 38: Alder buckthorn, leaves and berries
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